walking on eggshells wasn’t easy. walking on eggshells around cloud felt almost impossible. the excitement that he was home had yet to die down, & all denzel wanted to do was be by his side, but he forced himself to REIGN IT IN, to take several steps back. still convinced that he was the cause behind him leaving, he refused to do anything that even might have bothered his hero.
conversations were short, besides greetings he barely spoke to him first. offers from cloud to help denzel with anything were usually declined, even if he had to ask tifa for help the moment cloud turned his back. he asked fewer questions, came to him with fewer requests, & anything he did request were mostly things that would help cloud–––– the perfect SON, FRIEND, HELPER.
he wasn’t sure how long he would have to keep it up, but cloud was still there, & so he assumed that it was WORKING.
& so, he approached cloud with his toolbox in hand, smile on his face. he’d heard him complaining about fenrir the night before, & so it was time for another OFFER.
❛ do you want help with fenrir today? i can hand you the tools! ❜
( starter call | @omniheim )